(Cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferase SsoII (M.SsoII) functions as a methyltransferase and also as a transcription factor. Chemical and photochemical crosslinking was used for exploring the structure of M.SsoII-DNA complexes and M.SsoII in the absence of DNA. Photocrosslinking with 4-(N-maleimido)benzophenone demonstrated that in the M.SsoII complex with DNA containing the regulatory site, the M.SsoII region responsible for methylation was bound to DNA flanking the regulatory site, which contained no methylation sequence. This required high flexibility of the linker connecting the M.SsoII N-terminal domain and the M.SsoII region responsible for methylation. The flexibility was demonstrated by crosslinking with bis-maleimidoethane and 1,11-bis-maleimidotetraethyleneglycol.
Crosslinking of (Cytosine-5)-DNA Methyltransferase SsoII and its Complexes with Specific DNA Duplexes Provides an Insight into Their Structures
(Cytosine-5)-DNA 메틸트랜스퍼레이스 SsoII와 특정 DNA 이중나선과의 복합체의 교차결합은 그들의 구조에 대한 통찰력을 제공합니다
[Category] 세균성이질,
[Article Type] journal-article
[Source] pubmed
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